Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
190,605 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 33 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in exploring opportunities for legislative reform that could direct industry to prioritise defence nuclear requi
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 34 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he committed not to extend the life of the Dreadnought class submarines beyond their intended end-of-service dates from the mid-20
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 34 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in defining the requirement for the post-Dreadnought nuclear deterrent within this Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 35 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in developing mechanisms for enhanced parliamentary scrutiny to provide confidence that funding from the public
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 35 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in delivering the National Endeavour public communications campaign to convey the fundamental importance and nec
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 35 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in confirming the intended numbers of Ship Submersible Nuclear attack submarines, including the next-generation
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 36 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in enabling the Royal Navy to play a leading and coordinating role in securing the UK’s critical undersea infras
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 37 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in moving the Royal Navy to a hybrid carrier airwing including (a) crewed combat aircraft, (b) autonomous collab
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 37 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in rapidly evolving anti-submarine warfare through the integration of (a) underwater, (b) surface, and (c) airbo
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 37 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in rapidly evolving mine-hunting delivered with autonomous platforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 37 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in exploring possible development from a Type 45 destroyer to a minimally crewed or autonomous air dominance sys
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 38 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in engaging with (a) commercial partners, (b) private finance and (c) other governments to rapidly deliver an in
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 39 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he established options to enhance the mandate of the Defence Maritime Regulator to allow the Royal Navy and industry to use a dedi
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 40 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in exploring alternative approaches to augmenting the Royal Fleet Auxiliary to deliver a balanced, cost-effectiv
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 41 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in modernising the two divisions and the Corps HQ that his Department provides to NATO.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 41 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, whether he will confirm that the first division comprises a fully deployable headquarters, three manoeuvre brigades with armoured and mech
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 42 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in accelerating the development and deployment of the Army’s new Recce-Strike approach.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, by when does he plan to have increased the Army’s lethality ten-fold, as outlined in Recommendation 42.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in evolving the Army’s mix of Regulars and Reserves to ensure a minimum of 100,000 soldiers, of which 73,000 are Regular, as outlined
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in enabling Headquarters Standing Joint Command (UK) to command all UK military support to national resilience under the MSHQ, as out
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in deploying Headquarters Standing Joint Command (UK) to lead wider efforts to reconnect Defence with society, as part of a whole-of-
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in ensuring global crisis response at very high readiness in the land domain is led by 16 Air Assault Brigade, as outlined in Recomme
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in ensuring airborne parachute capability and capacity is focused on specialists and a single battalion group, as outlined in Recomme
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in ensuring ACPs are designed to operate in collaboration with a) fourth-, b) fifth- and c) future generations of combat aircraft and
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in ensuring a mix of F-35A and B models according to military requirements to provide greater value for money, as outlined in Recomme